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Valkyrie
Horses thunder in the frosty moonlight,
Horses gather on the bright icy plain
Star-coat we name them, Star-in-the night,
Silver-back and Silver-in-the-rain;
Horses of men, glittering with might.
She comes, O shining maiden fierce and tall
Chooser-of-the-slain is her honored name,
Battle maiden dwelling in Odin’s hall--
Polished is her armor as flame;
The horses hear her ringing call
Galloping, frothing, over the plain they run;
Swiftly the Valkyrie, O maiden proud
Chooses a fierce horse, Courser-past-the-sun,
Strong foaming horse, brave, white-browed;
Bright horse and fire-maid leap as one.
Near the ground she sweeps, over hard white snow
Sibyl, we call her, Woman-who-sees-all-things,
Dread voice descending on homesteads below,
O crying what the cold dawn will bring--
To silver vaulted hall let us go
Crimson fields of war the Valkyrie sees
Galloping steed swift and silver and white;
Shining Death-seeker--O come solemnly,
O choose us in the icy fierce moonlight,
Grim warriors fighting nobly.
© Cameron La Follette
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Her book
Anamchara - Traditional poetry on themes of
Northwest nature, mythology and the Celtic world.
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